C. O. Allen, a member of the Winnebago county board of supervisors, died suddenly this morning at 7 o'clock as the result of a heart attack. He was engaged in doing chores in the barn at his farm home on the Jackson drive road north of Oshkosh when he suffered the seizure.
Mr. Allen was horn at Butte des Morts, Nov. 1O, 1868, the son of T.R. Allen and Lyda Orvis Allen His father was a pioneer in Winnebago county, coming here in 1849 and settling in the town of Vinland where the community of Allenville was named in his honor. He later moved to Butte des Morts where he conducted a sawmill.
Mr. Allen graduated from Oshkosh State Teachers college, then the Normal school, and for a number of years taught at the state graded school at Commonwealth, Wis. He was later employed by the Commonwealth Iron Company of that city, being in charge of its surface operations. He returned to Winnebago county in 1911 and settled on a farm in the town of Oshkosh where he had lived since that time.
Mr. Allen served as assessor of the town of Oshkosh from 1924 to 1928, inclusive. He was elected supervisor for the township in 1929 and had served on the county board since that time. He held two committee chairmanships, being head of the committees on agriculture and insane, and was a member also of the courthouse building committee, the public buildings committee and the sheriff and coroners committee. He served as vice chairman of the board for two years 1935 and 1936.
He was married July 17, 1893, to Miss Beatrice Donais at Winneconne. Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Beaugrud, Deerfield, Wis.; three grandchildren, Paul, Jeanette, and Charles Christley, Rio Hondo, Texas, children of a deceased daughter, Mrs. Bernice Christley; and a sister, Miss Phoebe L. Allen, Oshkosh; and two brothers, T. R. Allen, Oshkosh; and H. O. Allen, Allenville. A brother, D. K. Allen, former district attorney of Winnebago county, died as the result of an automobile accident in May.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Spikes & McDonald funeral home with the Rev. James A. Daum, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday afternoon after 4 o'clock and until the time of the services.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
04 Aug 1938, Thu • Page 4
Mr. Allen was horn at Butte des Morts, Nov. 1O, 1868, the son of T.R. Allen and Lyda Orvis Allen His father was a pioneer in Winnebago county, coming here in 1849 and settling in the town of Vinland where the community of Allenville was named in his honor. He later moved to Butte des Morts where he conducted a sawmill.
Mr. Allen graduated from Oshkosh State Teachers college, then the Normal school, and for a number of years taught at the state graded school at Commonwealth, Wis. He was later employed by the Commonwealth Iron Company of that city, being in charge of its surface operations. He returned to Winnebago county in 1911 and settled on a farm in the town of Oshkosh where he had lived since that time.
Mr. Allen served as assessor of the town of Oshkosh from 1924 to 1928, inclusive. He was elected supervisor for the township in 1929 and had served on the county board since that time. He held two committee chairmanships, being head of the committees on agriculture and insane, and was a member also of the courthouse building committee, the public buildings committee and the sheriff and coroners committee. He served as vice chairman of the board for two years 1935 and 1936.
He was married July 17, 1893, to Miss Beatrice Donais at Winneconne. Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Beaugrud, Deerfield, Wis.; three grandchildren, Paul, Jeanette, and Charles Christley, Rio Hondo, Texas, children of a deceased daughter, Mrs. Bernice Christley; and a sister, Miss Phoebe L. Allen, Oshkosh; and two brothers, T. R. Allen, Oshkosh; and H. O. Allen, Allenville. A brother, D. K. Allen, former district attorney of Winnebago county, died as the result of an automobile accident in May.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Spikes & McDonald funeral home with the Rev. James A. Daum, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday afternoon after 4 o'clock and until the time of the services.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
04 Aug 1938, Thu • Page 4
C. O. Allen, a member of the Winnebago county board of supervisors, died suddenly this morning at 7 o'clock as the result of a heart attack. He was engaged in doing chores in the barn at his farm home on the Jackson drive road north of Oshkosh when he suffered the seizure.
Mr. Allen was horn at Butte des Morts, Nov. 1O, 1868, the son of T.R. Allen and Lyda Orvis Allen His father was a pioneer in Winnebago county, coming here in 1849 and settling in the town of Vinland where the community of Allenville was named in his honor. He later moved to Butte des Morts where he conducted a sawmill.
Mr. Allen graduated from Oshkosh State Teachers college, then the Normal school, and for a number of years taught at the state graded school at Commonwealth, Wis. He was later employed by the Commonwealth Iron Company of that city, being in charge of its surface operations. He returned to Winnebago county in 1911 and settled on a farm in the town of Oshkosh where he had lived since that time.
Mr. Allen served as assessor of the town of Oshkosh from 1924 to 1928, inclusive. He was elected supervisor for the township in 1929 and had served on the county board since that time. He held two committee chairmanships, being head of the committees on agriculture and insane, and was a member also of the courthouse building committee, the public buildings committee and the sheriff and coroners committee. He served as vice chairman of the board for two years 1935 and 1936.
He was married July 17, 1893, to Miss Beatrice Donais at Winneconne. Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Beaugrud, Deerfield, Wis.; three grandchildren, Paul, Jeanette, and Charles Christley, Rio Hondo, Texas, children of a deceased daughter, Mrs. Bernice Christley; and a sister, Miss Phoebe L. Allen, Oshkosh; and two brothers, T. R. Allen, Oshkosh; and H. O. Allen, Allenville. A brother, D. K. Allen, former district attorney of Winnebago county, died as the result of an automobile accident in May.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Spikes & McDonald funeral home with the Rev. James A. Daum, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday afternoon after 4 o'clock and until the time of the services.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
04 Aug 1938, Thu • Page 4
Mr. Allen was horn at Butte des Morts, Nov. 1O, 1868, the son of T.R. Allen and Lyda Orvis Allen His father was a pioneer in Winnebago county, coming here in 1849 and settling in the town of Vinland where the community of Allenville was named in his honor. He later moved to Butte des Morts where he conducted a sawmill.
Mr. Allen graduated from Oshkosh State Teachers college, then the Normal school, and for a number of years taught at the state graded school at Commonwealth, Wis. He was later employed by the Commonwealth Iron Company of that city, being in charge of its surface operations. He returned to Winnebago county in 1911 and settled on a farm in the town of Oshkosh where he had lived since that time.
Mr. Allen served as assessor of the town of Oshkosh from 1924 to 1928, inclusive. He was elected supervisor for the township in 1929 and had served on the county board since that time. He held two committee chairmanships, being head of the committees on agriculture and insane, and was a member also of the courthouse building committee, the public buildings committee and the sheriff and coroners committee. He served as vice chairman of the board for two years 1935 and 1936.
He was married July 17, 1893, to Miss Beatrice Donais at Winneconne. Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Beaugrud, Deerfield, Wis.; three grandchildren, Paul, Jeanette, and Charles Christley, Rio Hondo, Texas, children of a deceased daughter, Mrs. Bernice Christley; and a sister, Miss Phoebe L. Allen, Oshkosh; and two brothers, T. R. Allen, Oshkosh; and H. O. Allen, Allenville. A brother, D. K. Allen, former district attorney of Winnebago county, died as the result of an automobile accident in May.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Spikes & McDonald funeral home with the Rev. James A. Daum, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday afternoon after 4 o'clock and until the time of the services.
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
04 Aug 1938, Thu • Page 4
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